A Progress Report on Resistance Breeding in Forest Trees
Webinar Details
When:
Apr 16, 2025 1:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 01:00 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
View now on-demand.
Presenter(s):
- Dr. Carrie Pike - Forest Regeneration Specialist, US Forest Service
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- New York Logger Training - Trained Logger Certification (NYLT-TLC) - .25 hour NYLT TLC Credit [credits applied for]
- Certificate of Participation
- Georgia Master Timber Harvester - Continuing Logger Ed. (GaMTH CLE) - 1 hour CLE - MTH Category B Credit
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
Dr. Carrie Pike (Forest Regeneration Specialist – US Forest Service) will discuss the process and importance of breeding trees for pest resistance.
USDA Forest Service - Coeur d'Alene Field Office, bugwood.org
Invasive pests and pathogens are a major threat to North American forests and have led to significant losses of several iconic tree species. The American elm (Ulmus americana) was once a common street tree, but populations have been depleted by Dutch elm disease. Ash species (Fraxinus) have suffered losses from emerald ash borer. The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was once the largest tree in eastern North America and nicknamed “the redwood of the East,” but now mostly grows as a shrub due to the introduction of chestnut blight. The list of native trees threatened by invasive pests and pathogens seems to be never ending with many more examples across the southeast. But is there any hope in saving these tree species and others like them? Will there ever be a chance of returning iconic tree species to the landscape for future generations? That’s the goal of resistance breeding in forest trees. In this webinar, Dr. Carrie Pike will discuss the process and importance of breeding trees for pest resistance.
Loading